Textile webbing



Sept. 19,1944, J. A. HENDLEY 2,358,638

TEXTILE WEBBING Filed Jan. 7; `1944 2 sheets-sheet 1 JZWJ' uuu unnnnnuuluununnnunnuunnnuuunun I l l i z I Sept. 19, 1944- J. A. HENDLEY 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 P I l illfll T Ilr Il lrllL. ITII .lllfL llldlll TEXTILE WEBBING Filed Jan. 7,- 1944 allA 33 Patented Sept. 19, 1944 OFFICE f TEXTILE WEBBINGl J ames A. .Hendley, Middletown, l to The Russell Manufacturing Conn., assignor A Company, Middletown, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Y Application January 7, 1944,;Serial No. 517,341

. 6 Claims. (01.139-390) A This invention relates to an improved textile have in Fig. 10, but omitting all webbing for webbing having a longitudinally-successive series clearness; of pockets in longitudinally-overlapping relation. Fig. 12 is a face view of a modified form'of An object of this invention isto provide an improved textile webbing provided with a longitudinally-successive series nally-overlapping relation.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear to those skilledk present disclosure, features in the said over the prior art. v

In the description and claims, the various parts and steps are identified by specic terms for convenience, but they are intendedto be as generic in their application as the prior art will permit.

In the accompanying drawings iormingfpart of the present disclosure, in which certain ways of carrying out the lustrative purposes:

Fig. 1 is a face view of pockets in longitudi- Fig.

Y cut. in the art from the this invention Vincludes all disclosure which are novel series ets 22 invention are shownY for il-r of a fragment of textile- Webbing made in accordancewiththe present in'-v` the vention, with a portion of the frontiace thereof other having the weave illustrated schematically; 25 woven Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l'on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken ne'3 3 of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1 on Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional'view 'similar -to Fig. 2, but with the n the webbing opened out to more clearly show the pockets;

Fig. 6 is a transverse line 6 6 of Fig. 5 with of a pocket having the matioally, sponding Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view similar to Fig.

armor-plates inserted bing;

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strip g lation an enlarged scale; Fig.

float threads cut and with woven sectional view taken on a portion of an end-wall weave illustrated sche; with Fig. 6 shown in a position corre-v to the position of the sectional View of Figs.

2, but with the float threads cut and in the pockets of the web# ormone of the armor-plates;

t third parallel overlapping Vertical plurality of webbings with form shown in Figs. l to 9;

a plurality of armorwitht trated pockets extend generally parallel to the textile vwebbingaiter strands include three sets of warp strands 30 form one set and extend along, and are interwoven with the weft strands or weft picks `3`| throughout the width andV length of the side-strip 26.

throughout the width side-strip 21 and strands thereof.

strands 3! of the region 28 (Figi), Y wall'24' of a pocket 22 where they are interwoven then are interwoven textile webbing in accordance with the present invention; and

13 isan open-edge view of the textile webbing of Fig. 12 after the float threads have been Referring to Figsi togapf th drawings, the' textile webbing 20, after having had the float threads 2| cut, has

Aa longitudinally-successive of pockets 22 in longitudinally-overlapping two opposite end-walls bottom-edge Z5. The

constitute or form part of two continuous face-to-face side-strips 26 and 2l. One edge of eachside-strip is secured substantiallythroughout itslength to the adjacent'edge of theother side-strip so as to form the bottom Vorbottornedge 25 ofthe pocket.

The' end-Walls 24 2d of one an'- and each has one end 28 interwoven or in with'the side-strip 26 and has the other end 29 interwoven or woven in withy the "side- 2'! at a location longitudinally displaced from the interwovenlocation 28 of the first-mentioned end, to thusv produce the overlapping reofthe pockets 22.

2 illustrates the stage of manufacture of it has been completely but prior to the performing of the cutting or severing of the float threads?!v to produce the completed construction shown in Figs. 5, 6 vand 7.

In weavingthe webbingla's" illustrated in 1 to 4,' the warp strandsV or vlongitiidinal warp strands. The

A second similar set of strands (not illustrated) extends along and length of the other is interwoven with the weft And warp strands'312 'form a set and are interwoven with the weft side-strip 2S in a woven-in then extend along an endhe weft strands 3| of the end-wall (Fig. 6),

) of the side-strip 21 in a woven-in regionv 29, then extend across at 2l as oat threads to be againinterwoven with weft strands 3i -at a with weft strands (not illus.A

'cessive-overlapping relation.

woven-in region 28 of the side-strip 26, and so In carrying out this weaving operation, a weft strand, commonly known as weft picks or weft strands, and designated as 3|, is interwoven with the warp strands 30 and 32 to form the sidestrips 26 and 21 and pocket-ends 24, in a way that will be understood by those skilled in the art of weaving. Thus the weft strand can be passed from the bottom location 25 (Fig. 4) up to the top of the pocket-end member 24, then fback down to location Y the side-strip 26, then up and down in the sidestrip 21, then up and down in member 2 4, and so on until a woven-in area 29 in the side-wall 21 is reached, when the weit strand passes alternately up and down one sidestrip and then up and down the other side-strip until the next pocket-end member 24 is reached for weaving. When the cross-over or float-warp sections 2| are severed or cut in a way understood by those skilled in the art of weaving, short protruding ends 2 la and 2 lb are left respectively attached to the side-strips 26 and 21. In weaving the we tastrands or picks, at least somerof the weft strands V3| will' pass or extend directly across at the bottom-edge 25 from one to the otherof strips 26 and 21 throughout the length of th webbing to join the two lower edges ofA the strips together to form the bottom or bottom-edge 25.

The textile webbing 2 just described canV be employed for manydiflerent users. Any of various different articles could be placed in the 25, then up and down in the pocket-end of diierent proportions from, but generally similar to corresponding parts of, the textile webbing 20 previously fully described. One difference of proportion is that in the webbing 36, each pocket is about twice as long as it is wide or high, thus particularly adapting it for containing articles that are longer than they are high such, for example, as armor-plateswhich, instead of being square as are the armor-plates 36, could be twice as long as they are high. The mode of manufac- 'ture of the webbing 36 is the same as in the case various pockets. One particular use is illustrated in Figs. 7 to 1l, in which concave of tough metal are placed in'l the pockets 22 of the webbing 2G, as illustrated in Fig. '1, inY which the successive plates 33V will be seen to be in suc- In the particular use of this construction illustrated in Fig. 10, another much wider textile webbing 34 is employed. having a closed woven bottom-edge 35,

and a succession oi overlapping pockets Yessentially identical with the'overlapping pocket-'con- .f

struction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 7, except that the size of the pockets of the webbing 34 is somewhat larger so that va plurality of webbings 20, each containing armor-plates 33 as illustrated in Fig. 7, can be slid down into the pockets of the webbing 34 substantially the full-length of the webbing, so that the successive weblbings 20 with their armor-plates relation as illustrated by the overlapping plates 33 illustrated in Fig. 11. All the textile webbing is omitted from Fig. 1l for clearness.

The textile webbings 20 and 34 with the armor-- plates 33Y therein as illustrated in Fig. l0, may be employed in any of varied-constructions such, for example, as clothing or partsY of clothing such as vests preferably with protective padding inside, or in the form of a curtain which may be of flat form, or of circularV form similar to a shower curtain, or as a portion ofa floor or ceiling, particularly in aircraft. In any use in which'the construction would be employed, the concave sides of the armor-plates 33 would be toward the person being protected. Y

Figs. .l2 and 13 illustrate amodied form of textile webbing 36 which, after having the float threads cut to leave short protruding ends 31a and 31h, provides a longitudinally-successive series of pockets 38 in longitudinally-overlapping relationship. Each pocket 38 has two side-walls 39-7-38, two end-walls 40-40 and a bottom 4l,

armor-plates 33 of the webbing 20, but owing to the different proportions of the pockets of the webbing 36, the optical appearance of the weave is somewhat different. This diference of proportion, as will be seen from the schematically shown area on Fig. 12 illustrating the interweaving of the weft strands 42 and the sets of warp strands 43 and 44, results in much longer Woven-in areas or locations and 46 than is true of the respectively corresponding woven-in areas or locations 28and 29 shown and described in connection with the webbing 20.

The invention may be carried out in other specific ways than those'herein set forth without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the invention, and the present embodiments are, therefore, to -be consideredY in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and

all changes coming withinY the meaning and equivalency range of the appended claims are intended to lbe embraced therein.

Iclaim:V 1 l v 1. A textile webbing including: a -longitudinally-successive series of pockets in longitudinally-overlapping relation; each pocket having two side-walls, two end-walls, and a bottom; the respective opposite side-walls of said pockets forming. parts of two continuous side-strips of woven fabric formed of interwoven warp strands and weft strands and arranged in face-to-face relation with one edge of one side-strip secured substantially throughout its length to the adja- 33 will be in overlapping cent edge of the other side-strip to form the bottom for each of said pockets; land the end-walls each having one end interwoven with one sidestrip, and having the other end interwoven with the other side-strip at a location longitudinally displaced froml the interwoven location of its first-mentioned end, to thus produce said overlapping relation.

2. A textile webbing including: a longitudinally-successive series of pockets in .longitudinally-overlapping relation; each pocket having two side-walls, two end-walls, and a bottom; the respective opposite side-walls' of said pockets forming parts of two continuous side-strips of woven fabric formed of interwoven warp strands and weft strands and arranged in face-to-face relation with one edge of one side-strip secured substantially throughout its length to the adjacent edge of the other side-strip to form the bottom for each of said pockets; and the endwalls consisting substantially of woven fabric and extending generally parallel to one another and each having one end interwoven with one'sidestrip, and having the other end interwoven with the other side-strip at a location longitudinally displaced from the interwoven location of its rst-mentioned end, to thus produce said overlapping relation.

3. VA textile webbing including: la longitudinally-successive series of pockets in longitudinally-overlapping relation; each pocket having two side-walls, two end-walls, and a bottom; the respective opposite side-walls Vof said pockets forming parts of two continuous side-strips of woven fabric formed of interwoven warp strands and weft strands and arranged in face-to-face relation with one edge of one side-strip secured substantially throughout its length to the adjacent edge of the other side-strip to form the bottom for each of said pockets; and the endwalls including warp strands which originally extended continuously substantially throughout the length of said webbing and which originally were alternately interwoven with first one and then the other of said side-strips, said end-walls extending generally parallel to one another and each having one end interwoven with one sidestrip, and having the other end interwoven with the other side-strip at a location longitudinally displaced from the interwoven location of its first-mentioned end, to thus produce said overlapping relation.

4. A textile webbing including; a magnum-y nally-successive series of pockets in longitudinally-overlapping relation; each pocket having two side-walls, two end-walls, and a bottom; the respective opposite side-walls of said pockets forming parts of two continuous side-strips of woven fabric formed of interwoven warp strands and weft strands and arranged in face-to-face relation with one edge of one side-strip secured substantially throughout its length to the adjacent edge of the other side-strip to form the bottom for each of said pockets by weft strands of said side-strips extending across from one to the other of said sidestrips; and the end-walls extending generally parallel to one another and each having oneend interwoven with one vsidestrip, and havingthe other end interwoven with the other side-strip at a location longitudinally displaced from the interwoven location of its first-mentioned end, to thus produce said overlapping relation.

5. A textile webbing including: a longitudinally-successive series of pockets in longitudinally-overlapping relation; each pocket having two side-walls, two end-walls, and a bottom; the respective opposite side-walls of saidApockets forming parts of two continuous side-strips of woven fabric formed of interwoven warp strands and weft strands and arranged in face-to-face relation with one edge of one side-strip secured substantially'throughout its length` to the adjacent edge of the other side-strip to form .the bottom for each of said pockets by weft strands of said side-strips extending across from one to the other of said side-strips; and the end-walls including warp strands which originally extended continuously substantially throughout the length of said webbing and which originally were alternately interwoven with first one and then the other of said side-strips, said end-walls extending generally parallel to one another and each having one end interwoven with one side-strip, and having the other end interwoven with the other side-strip at a location longitudinally displaced from the interwoven location of its rstmentioned end, to thus produce said overlapping relation.

6. A textile webbing including: a longitudinally-succesive series of pockets in longitudinally-overlapping relation; each pocket having two side-walls, two'end-walls, and a bottom; the respective opposite side-Walls of said pockets forming parts of two continuous side-strips of woven fabric formed of interwoven warp strands and weft strands and arranged in face-to-face relation with one edge of one side-strip secured substantially throughout its length to the adjacent edge of the other side-strip to form the bottom for each of said pockets by weft strands of `said side-strips extending across from one to the other of said side-strips; and the end-walls consisting substantially of woven fabric and including Warp strands which originally extended continuously substantially throughout the length of said webbing and which originally were alternately interwoven with first one and then the other of said side-strips, vsaid end-walls extending generally parallel to one another and each having one end interwoven with one side-strip, and having the other end interwoven with the other side-strip at a location longitudinally displaced from the interwoven location of its firstmentioned end, to thus produce said overlapping 

